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Can Businesses Keep Up With Cyber Threats?
Market research firm Gartner forecasts cybersecurity spending by companies and governments will grow 9% annually from 2021 to 2024.
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Tax Agency Watchdog Is Investigating IRS Use of Cellphone Location Data
U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russel George said he will review Internal Revenue Service use of software that enables warrantless surveillance...
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Drone Funding Highlights Sector's Momentum
Drone startups increasingly are being targeted by venture investors, due to expected growth in the sector amid technological advancements and federal approvals....
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China Launches Initiative to Set Global Data Security Rules
China this week launched the Global Initiative on Data Security, in a bid to establish international data-security standards.
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Visa Unveils More Powerful AI Tool That Approves or Denies Card Transactions
Visa has introduced a more advanced artificial intelligence tool to approve or deny credit and debit transactions when banks' networks are down.
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Microsoft, Energy Dept. to Develop Disaster-Response AI Tools
The U.S. Department of Energy and Microsoft are partnering to develop artificial intelligence tools to improve first-responders' capabilities with regard to natural...
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Robot Boats Leave Autonomous Cars in Their Wake
U.K. ocean-research nonprofit Promare will launch an autonomous boat next spring to retrace the trans-Atlantic journey of the Mayflower.
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NSA Warns Cellphone Location Data Could Pose National-Security Threat
The U.S. National Security Agency has released new guidance for military and intelligence community staff, warning of threats to national security from cellphone...
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Utah, Georgia Install Tech That Lets Roads Talk
Utah and Georgia are testing vehicle-to-everything technology installed in roads to alert drivers to hazards.
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Miss Your Office? Some Companies Are Building Virtual Replicas
Some employers are building virtual reproductions of their offices as online simulations for workers in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Apple, Google Start to Win Over Europe to Their Virus-Tracking Technology
European nations are considering, or have opted for, technology developed by Apple and Google for smartphone contact-tracing applications to contain the coronavirus...
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China's WeChat Monitors Foreign Users to Refine Censorship at Home
A study by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab in Canada warns that China's multipurpose WeChat application is monitoring foreign users to strengthen government...
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Coronavirus Tracking Apps Raise Questions About Bluetooth Security
Governments and businesses intend to launch mobile applications that use Bluetooth to track coronavirus infections, but working with Bluetooth raises cybersecurity...
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Why a Data Security Expert Fears U.S. Voting Will Be Hacked
Finnish data security expert Harri Hursti worries the U.S. voting system is rife with unpatched vulnerabilities that leave it susceptible to election rigging.
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Coronavirus Disruption Puts Supply Chain Software to the Test
Software firms are strengthening their algorithms as the coronavirus outbreak stresses food supply chains.
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FCC Moves to Boost Wi-Fi Speed
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to permit Wi-Fi devices to access a greater portion of the radiofrequency spectrum.
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Fever-Detecting Goggles, Disinfectant Drones: Countries Turn to Tech to Fight Coronavirus
Health officials across the Asia-Pacific region are working to repurpose existing technology to help stop the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tech Firms Seek to Head Off Bans on Facial Recognition
Technology companies increasingly are backing proposed laws that would limit the use of facial recognition systems, in an effort to head off more restrictive bills...
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Tyson Takes Computer Vision to the Chicken Plant
Tyson Foods will use computer vision to track chicken moving through its plants as part of a plan to invest more in automation and artificial intelligence in order...
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